Joint Broadband Technology Opportunities Program Request for Information
Joint Broadband Technology Opportunities Program Request for Information
Date:
March 12, 2009
Docket Number:
090309298-9299-01
American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009 Broadband Initiatives
GVNW Consulting, Inc.
Please see attachment for comments of GVNW.
Michael Tattersall
Stratsoft is a broadband mapping specialized consultancy located in Massachusetts. Many mapping endeavors fall gravely short of the needs to equate telecommunications delivery to populations, businesses needs and public safety. Inadequate maps risk expensive errors in proposals, bidding management, and ultimately successful delivery. Inadequate here means too little directly pertinent data and inadequate back end charts and graphs for one key stroke evaluation output. An attached document provides detail. Seeing maps that work can show this. We are happy to meet with government or bidders to educate and work with them on this project. Michael Tattersall, CEO, Stratsoft LLC Direct line 978-371-2299
"Shepherd, Tammi" <shepherdt@oakgov.com>
Please find comments on the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program on
behalf of Oakland County, Michigan attached.
Thank you for your consideration,
Tammi Shepherd
Project Manager
Implementation Services
Information Technology
Oakland County
1200 N Telegraph, Building 49 West
Pontiac, Michigan 48341
248.858.4922
"Christopher White" <cwhite@rpa.state.nj.us>
Enclosed are comments for filing in Docket No.090309298-9299-01.
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Jessica L. Stoller
Attached are the comments of the Wisconsin Department of Commerce in regards to Docket No. 090309298-9299-01.
Cheryl DeConde Johnson
see attachment
Sara C. Wedeman, PhD
It is very important that data on broadband access be collected as part of the full Decennial Census, to be conducted in 2010. In the two attached documents, I explain and illustrate why this is so urgent.
"Eckmann, David" <David.Eckmann@fpl.com>
Please see the attached comments which FPL FiberNet, LLC respectfully submits regarding the administration of grants under the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program.
Sincerely,
David Eckmann
Director of Core Business Development, Legal & Regulatory Affairs
FPL FiberNet, LLC
david.eckmann@fpl.com
305-345-8053 (cell)
Victor Pizzurro, Development & Planning Director - Town of Lamar
The Town of Lamar is trying to receive funds to install and or initiate a telecommunications infrastructure project for the Town. We have been approached by several companies, residents and other businesses to install the system into our general area. The Town of Lamar is located only 3 miles from Interstate 20 and services a large rural area. Time Warner Cable currently surrounds our jurisdiction and has 3 nodes that can easily adapt to our local area needs. We are working with US Rep. John Spratt, S.C. Senator Gerald Malloy and S.C. House Rep. Robert Williams to obtain funds to establish higher level cable and broadband into our area. Economic Development projects have been turned away due to the current state of cable in our area. The residents are currently working on a survey of the area to establish how many of them will promote the services once they are available. A mapping survey of a five mile radius of the Town has established a 7,500 to 10,000 population base which directly shows the need. Please review the information we have obtained as attachment to our cause and needs. We look forward to comments from the NTIA and what your organization can do for our local area. The costs to install the project are well under 2 million dollars which should be cost effective once the population base has been serviced.
Thanks,
Victor Pizzurro, Director
Development & Planning
"Driessen" <jd@driessenlaw.com>
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Can you please be sure that Asst. Secretary receives the below comment and question?
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I was able to get streaming text, but video and sound was unavailable. My flash Player and uStream.tv were working just fine on my computer. Perhaps, there were just limited connections available. My question is whether the panel will consider the municipal special purpose local Goverment Entity ("LGE") as a preferred model for grant oversight? Letting a community know that they "own" the network will help increase success.
As long as communities follow their own state law, where applicable (on providing cable tv or telecommunications, or refrain from anti competitive franchising where there is no state law on point) then the communities can become providers of telecommunications with public forum oversight of all the activities. But more importantly this provides a means to leverage momentum in both financing and penetration into rural areas.
James Driessen, JD/MBA BSME
305 N 1130 E
Lindon, UT 84042
wk 801.796.6924
mb 801.360.8044
fx 801.785.2744
"Stoller, Jessica L - COMMERCE" <Jessica.Stoller@Wisconsin.gov>
Attached are the comments of the Wisconsin Department of Commerce in regards to Docket No. 090309298-9299-01.
Respectfully,
Jessica L. Stoller
Wisconsin Dept of Commerce
Policy Initiatives Advisor
Jessica.Stoller@wisconsin.gov
Ph (608) 261-8469
Wisconsin Dept of Commerce
201 W. Washington Ave. 6th Floor
P.O. Box 7970
Madison, WI 53707-7970
Fax (608) 266-3447
"Brendan Kasper" <Brendan.Kasper@vonage.com>
On behalf of Vonage Holdings Corp., attached are Vonage's comments on
the NTIA/RUS joint request for information on the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009's Broadband Initiatives, NTIA/RUS Docket No.
090309298-9299-01. Please contact me if you have any questions.
Brendan Kasper
Senior Regulatory Counsel
| 23 Main Street | Holmdel, NJ 07733
t: 732.444.2216| c: 848.219.9567
e: brendan.kasper@vonage.com
w: www.vonage.com
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COMPTEL
Comments of COMPTEL in Response to RFI
Joseph Lorkovic
Hello,
Attached are my comments, suggestions and request for clarification.
Thank you.
Sandy Scofield and Carol Farnham
See attachment.
"BTOP BTOP" <BTOP@ntia.doc.gov>
Congressional Letters to BTOP
Bertney Langley
Please see attached pdf for comments.
David Hazzard
Comment to the NTIA-RUS Request for Information is attached
Juan Eugenio RodrÃÂguez de Hostos
Please see the attached file
"mercerdm@gtlaw.com"<mercerdm@gtlaw.com>
Attached please find Comments of TracFone Wireless, Inc. on NTIA's BTOP.
Please contact me if you have any questions regarding this submission.
Sincerely,
Debra McGuire Mercer
Debra McGuire Mercer
Of Counsel
Greenberg Traurig LLP | 2101 L Street N.W. | Washington, D.C. 20037
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"Hansel, Anthony" <ahansel@Covad.COM>
On behalf of Covad Communications Company, attached are Covad's comments
for submission in NTIA/RUS Docket No. 090309298-9299-01. Please contact
me if you have any questions concerning this filing.
Respectfully submitted,
Anthony Hansel
Assistant General Counsel
Covad Communications Company
1750 K Street, NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 220-0410 (tel)
(202) 833-2026 (fax)
ahansel@covad.com
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Milo Mecham
The Regional Fiber Consortium would like to apply for funds but is most concerned about the match requirements. If a cash match is required the Regional Fiber Consortium and most other public agencies will not be able to apply because they have limited resources. the resources that they have been able to invest in broadband have been invested, so they should be allowed to include some of this investment if it is an integral part of the project.
"Scott Bashore" <Scott.Bashore@loudoun.gov>
To Whom it may concern,
Please find attached a word document containing comments for RUS Docket No. 090309298-9299-01 for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Broadband Initiatives
A 2 page summary is included in the document with 18 pages of follow-up documentation.
Please contact me if you have any questions or comments.
Regards,
Scott Bashore
Scott W. Bashore
Manager of Broadband Services
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e sbashore@loudoun.gov
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f 703.771.5037
41975 Loudoun Center Place
Leesburg, Virginia 20175-8901
Jagdeep Singh
Please see the attached letter from Jagdeep Singh, CEO of Infinera Corporation, regarding the Buy American provisions of ARRA, and correcting some information on the record about the U.S. broadband manufacturing market.
Respectfully,
Joel Bernstein
On behalf of Infinera Corporation
Chris Cooper
attachment included
David Sohn <dsohn@cdt.org>
Attached please find written comments of the Center for Democracy &
Technology on the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program. These
comments are in Word format.
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Sohn at 202-637-9800 x317.
Shashi Gupta
Comments and a Presentation are filed in the form of atttachments.